salvation

Biblical defense and explanation of salvation, grace, faith, and redemption.

St. Augustine on the Salvation of all Men Members Public

St. Augustine on the Salvation of all Men In his work called The Enchiridion, St. Augustine denied that 1 Timothy 2:4 teaches that God desires the salvation of every single human individual. Believing that God’s will is perfect and immutable, and that no one can ever thwart his

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Augustine, Origen, & Hell Members Public

The great St. Augustine was explicit in his articulation that the wicked will suffer never-ending, everlasting conscious torment. This most influential theologian vehemently opposed the doctrine of conditionalism/annihilationism (that the wicked will eventually be annihilated after undergoing a period of suffering). St. Augustine is also aware that there were

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Everlasting Conscious Torment: A Defense Members Public

I will be examining particular texts that seem to point to the punishment of unbelievers being an ongoing, never-ending experience of torment. This is known as the doctrine of eternal/everlasting conscious torment (ECT).    Synoptic Gospels The Lord Jesus often described the punishment of the wicked as a “place” of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
theologyjesusmatthew

God Saves & Exalts the Humble & Contrite at Heart Members Public

I share a plethora of biblical verses, which state that God has compassion and mercy for those who are broken in spirit and humble at heart, since it is these kinds of individuals that God delights in and saves. “Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Christ: Israel’s Divine Lord Incarnate Members Public

In this post I will be focusing on the witness of the Synoptic Gospels, particularly that of Luke, in order to show that Jesus is described as Lord in the sense of being YHWH God Almighty who humbled himself to become a human being. I will prove that when the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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“King’s to You, Fernand" Members Public

”Accepting James White’s Challenge to Provide an Exegesis of 1 John 5:1" The following is Dr. David W. Allen's refutation to internet reformed apologist James R. White's butchering of 1 John 5:1 for the purpose of forcing his calvinistic misreading into it.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Aphrahat & the Jewish Sabbath Members Public

In this post, I quote the Assyrian Christian apologist Aphrahat’s refutation and repudiation of the Jewish claim that Sabbath observance is necessary for salvation. This blessed apologist shows that true Sabbath is that of God’s rest day, which is ushered in by the Lord Jesus Christ. DEMONSTRATION 13:

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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God Becomes the Anointed One Members Public

In this post I will be presenting evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls, which support the NT depiction of Jesus as the Divine Messianic King, being the unique divine Son of God who becomes Man for the express purpose of becoming the Davidic Messiah who rules and saves. The “Son

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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